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...well, dance seldom; if you do not dance well, do not dance at all." Speaking of the vanities of animals the author says, "The lower we descend in animal life, the more of a coxcomb does the male become." He then gives a detailed and interesting account of our bird dancers, chief among which are the members of the goose family. 'Sport with Canada Geese" is very good. "Miss Caruther's Partner is interesting though not a novel or very clever story. The other articles of the number are in the usual style. The poetry and illustrations are unusually good...
...knows all about it" was on hand and said that the home of the bird is in the far north - in the most northern bed of coniferous forests and forests and that they are so seldom harrassed there that they know absolutely nothing of danger. Almost all Arctic birds are tamer than more southern bred species, but the Pine Grosbeak is the least timid of the Arctic race...
Those who have had the rare good fortune to meet with this bird in the summer home say that is love - song is a delightful bit of bird melody, sweet and tender but with a wild plaintive ess which makes it peculiarly attractive, though it is delivered in such low tones that the listener must bevery close to the bird to hear...
...Edward E. Hall contributes a paper on "Epping Forest" and Mr. John Burroughs writes of "Bird Courtship." Mr. Brander Matthews' "Two Studies of the South" ends the number...
...birds about 110 are Oscines. This means only that their vocal organs are of the same kind as the true singers' - it does not follow that they can all sing, and there are many that cannot, as the crow and the blue jay, while there are several sweet singers among the non-oscines. We have about 40 good singers. English critics say that our bird chorus is not to be compared with their own. It may be true that there is no one American songster like the skylark, but England can show only 23 song birds to our forty...